1974, China proposed to return to the International Olympic Committee and asked Henry fok for help. Henry Fok not only came forward himself, but also brought his eldest son, Huo Zhenting, who is good at English. With the status of FIFA Executive Committee and his reputation in the international business community, he traveled back and forth between ioc headquarters and relevant countries for many times, mediating among IOC members, and made great contributions to Beijing's successful bid for the Olympic Games.
He is currently Chairman of Fok Ying Tung Group, Chairman of Fok Ying Tung Foundation, Member of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Member of International Olympic Committee, President of Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China, Vice President of Asian Olympic Council (East Asia) and President of Hong Kong Football Association.
Basic Introduction Chinese Name: Huo Zhenting mbth: Huo Zhenting Nationality: China Nationality: Han Nationality Birthplace: Hongkong, China Date of Birth:1946 February 14 Occupation: Member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, son of his ex-wife: Huo, Huo Qishan and Huo Qiren's personal experiences, personal life, personal works and personal experiences.
Engaged in sports: tennis, football. Position in the International Olympic Committee: Member of the Coordination Committee of the 29th Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. Father: Henry Fok, originally from Panyu, Guangzhou. Donations and donation projects include Panyu Hotel, Luoxi Bridge, Panyu Vocational and Technical College, Yingdong Sports Center of Sun Yat-sen University and Fok Yingdong Heart Center Building of Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital. Among them, Chan Sui Kau and his friends spent $230 million to build Panyu Bridge, with a total donation of more than 654.38+05 billion yuan. The eldest son: Huo, 1979, born in Hong Kong, originally from Panyu, Guangzhou, the eldest son of Huo Zhenting and his ex-wife, and vice president of Huo Yingdong Group. Middle school was admitted to Oxford University with honors, and obtained a double bachelor's degree in economics and management. He worked as an analyst at Goldman Sachs and Solomon. Because of her love affair with Guo Jingjing, she was widely concerned. 2012165438+1October 8th, the wedding was held in sassoon road. 2015 September 16, the 34th Congress of the Olympic Council of Asia was re-elected, and Huo Zhenting, President of the Hong Kong Olympic Committee of China, was re-elected as the vice-president of the East Asia region of the Olympic Council of Asia. Personal life Huo Zhenting is the eldest son of Huo Yingdong. Unlike his silent father, he is talkative and sociable. He holds several positions and is the most exposed person in Mr. Huo's business empire. In an exclusive interview with Bund Illustrated, he said: "In order to win the equestrian events in Hong Kong in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, I went to lobby every princess and prince of FIA." From 6: 00 a.m. to 3: 00 p.m. every day, he almost walked around Hong Kong for half a circle, and there was no time to stop. He went to Lantau Island to attend the annual Arbor Festival in Hong Kong, took reporters to visit the Legislative Council Building in Hong Kong, held a preparatory meeting for the "Hong Kong 2009 East Asian Games" at the East Asian Sports Center, and returned to Fok Ying Tung Group to handle company affairs. Every morning, the first thing Huo Zhenting does is browse the major newspapers in Hong Kong. A few months ago, a foreign friend asked him about the "Yanzhaomen" incident in Hong Kong. Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Huo Zhenting was the first to write to the Chief Executive of Hong Kong as a member of the Legislative Council, hoping that Hong Kong would pay attention to this matter. As the eldest son of Henry Fok, a famous industrialist in Hong Kong, Timothy Fok has attracted much attention in Hong Kong. He holds several posts, not only as a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council and managing director of Fok Ying Tung Group, but also as chairman of the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong and president of the Hong Kong Football Association. Forbes magazine estimates that the assets of the Fok Ying Tung family are about HK$ 30 billion. After Henry Fok's death, Henry Fok led his two younger brothers, Huo Zhenhuan and Huo Zhenyu, to take over Henry Fok's business empire and his father's enthusiastic sports affairs. Brother Huo Zhenhuan said in public: "There are not many extroverted people in the family, and eldest brother can be counted as one." When planting trees on Lantau Island, Huo Zhenting quietly ran to one side to comb his hair and put on sunglasses before appearing in front of the camera, because many media interviewed him live. "I am the most exposed person in the Huo family." Thirty years ago, the first big exposure of the young Huo Zhenting was that "Lightning" married "the most beautiful Hong Kong sister in history" Zhu Lingling. The wedding banquet cost more than 6,543,800 yuan, 360 seats and 4,000 guests, which caused a sensation in Miramar Hotel. Later, Henry Fok admitted that the Huo family did this to make his eldest son, Huo Zhenting, famous, so as to conduct "folk sports diplomacy" for China internationally. In fact, unlike in the past, wealthy families in Hong Kong rarely touch the entertainment circle. Huo Zhenting met many celebrities in Hong Kong, such as Jackie Chan and Anita Mui. At Anita Mui's funeral in 2004, Huo Zhenting paid tribute to Anita Mui's outstanding contribution to literature and art during his tenure as president of the Hong Kong Artists Association. In 1970s, China athletes were isolated from international sports. Even the Hong Kong team has to pretend to be tourists when they go to the mainland to play a football match, and then sneak back after the game, otherwise they will be punished. Therefore, starting from 1974, Huo Zhenting and his son "promoted" China sports to the world, helping China's football, badminton, cycling and other sports regain the legal membership of international associations. 200 1, Huo Zhenting became the first member of the International Olympic Committee in Hong Kong. After that, he began to help China bid for the Olympic Games. On July 13 of the same year, IOC President Samaranch announced that Beijing's bid for the Olympic Games was successful in Russia. Huo Zhenting, who was in Moscow, called his father at the first time and told him that he had said "good" three times on the other end of the phone. Because of the time difference, it was already early in the morning in Hong Kong, but Henry Fok jumped into the swimming pool immediately after hearing the news. Henry fok fully supported him to become a "sports ambassador", but he was not interested in his son's politics. From 65438 to 0997, Huo Zhenting joined the Provisional Legislative Council of Hong Kong and formally entered the political arena. "On the day I was elected as a member of the Provisional Legislative Council, when I came home, my father told me a secret-he didn't vote for me." Huo Zhenting is not surprised: "My father thinks that we are doing something for the country by playing sports. But the road to politics is my own choice. " When faced with the reporter's explanation of why he insisted on politics, Huo Zhenting thought it was related to his father, Huo Yingdong: "He often said that life is a drama, and everyone will come to the end. The difference is that some people are playing a big drama, and some people just end up with a few somersaults. All this depends on yourself after all. " * * * Southern China, Henry Fok meets Timothy Fok * * *. On the evening of August 17, 2008, Guo Jingjing won the 35th gold medal for the China delegation in the women's 3m springboard final of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games with a total score of 4 15.35. That night, Guo Jingjing was awarded the prize by Huo Zhenting, President of the Hong Kong Olympic Committee. However, apart from shaking hands, Guo Jingjing and Huo Zhenting did not communicate with each other. Even, the two have a feeling of being strangers. Obviously, both of them are deliberately avoiding the scandal of "Beijing". It is no accident that Huo Zhenting was appointed as the awarding guest of diving competition, because the Huo family in Hong Kong has always had an indissoluble bond with water sports in China. Since 2002, the donation of "Water Cube" has received positive response from overseas Chinese in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. The Huo family, headed by Mr. Fok Yingdong, donated 200 million RMB and was awarded the Medal of Honor for Donation. In addition, as one of the main venues of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Yingdong Swimming Pool was also donated by Mr. Fok Yingdong. 1986, Beijing successfully bid for the 1990 Asian Games. Upon hearing the news, Mr. Fok Yingdong immediately donated HK$ 1 billion to build the Asian Games Village. Yingdong Swimming Pool, named "Yingdong", was the largest swimming pool in Asia at that time, and undertook the tasks of water polo preliminaries and modern pentathlon swimming competitions in this Olympic Games. On August 27th, 20 13, the first love between Huo Zhenting's eldest son Huo and China Olympic diver Guo Jingjing was born. Huo Zhenting went to the hospital to visit his daughter-in-law and grandson, all smiles. The Olympic complex tells the story of his father, Henry Fok. "Although my father is not a member of the China Olympic bid committee, he is the most effective behind-the-scenes activist in Beijing's bid. During this period, he lobbied many IOC executive committees to encourage them to support Beijing's bid for the Olympic Games. In fact, he also participated in the planning and promotion of the Olympic bid. My father and IOC President Samaranch are old friends for many years. We once hosted a banquet for Samaranch in a private residence in Hong Kong. When Beijing applied for the Olympic Games for the first time, his father gave full play to his influence and lobbied Samaranch many times. At that time, Samaranch had just organized the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, and his father decided to contribute 654.38 billion US dollars to the International Olympic Committee in the name of the Chinese Olympic Committee. " In addition to international lobbying and financial support, Huo Zhenting and his son also actively promoted Beijing. 1993 September 16, Henry Fok went to Monte Carlo, Monaco as a consultant of the China delegation to make a final effort for Beijing's Olympic bid. Originally, Henry Fok was optimistic about Beijing's bid for the Olympic Games, but the result disappointed him. This failure dealt a great blow to Henry Fok: "Some people even worried that he would commit suicide". "200 1, China's second bid for the Olympic Games. Although my father is too old to go to Moscow to witness this great moment, he still asked me to contribute as the president of the Hong Kong Olympic Committee. When Samaranch announced that Beijing had won the championship, his father immediately called Huo Zhenting in Moscow from his home in Hong Kong. The father and son were very excited. Great joy made him extremely excited. In Henry Fok's view, the success of Beijing's Olympic bid is not only the victory of China sports, but more importantly, it means the world's recognition of China's progress. Henry Fok pointed out after Beijing's successful Olympic bid that great changes have taken place in China in just 20 years since the reform and opening up. National unity, urban construction, environmental protection, and even democracy and the legal system are all moving forward. The success of Beijing's Olympic bid reflects the world's affirmation of China's achievements. As for the role of Beijing hosting the Olympic Games in uniting the Chinese nation, it is even more unimaginable. 1990 The Beijing Asian Games is the largest sports event held after China returned to the Olympic stage. Henry Fok immediately announced that he would invest HK$ 1 100 million to build Yingdong Swimming Pool in the Asian Games Village. At that time, Yingdong Swimming Pool was called the largest swimming pool in Asia, and now it will be used for the 2008 Olympic Games. In addition, in order to cooperate with the Asian Games to be held in Beijing, Fok Ying-tung also built a high-class hotel-the VIP Building in Beijing to receive guests from all over Asia who came to visit the Beijing Asian Games. On June 24, 2004, 65438, he donated as much as HK$ 200 million to the mayor of Beijing through Huo Zhenting, with Huo Yingdong's enthusiasm for the Beijing Olympic Games. Mr. Huo Zhenting has too much hope for Beijing 2008 and Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. For example, he believes that it is more important for the Olympic Games to enhance China's "soft power"; For example, he feels that carrying forward the Olympic spirit is far more important than winning the gold medal; For example, every time he comes to Beijing, he is "very sad" about the demolition of some hutongs. Huo Zhenting: "Now, the country is strong, and the political, economic and cultural development has attracted worldwide attention. Every time I come to Beijing, I can feel the great changes in this city. Therefore, I believe that the Beijing Olympic Games will be an excellent Olympic Games. "However, Huo Zhenyu is also very worried." In the process of preparing for the Olympic Games, the construction of Olympic venues and supporting facilities is not a short-term plan, it needs long-term and overall planning. And while speeding up the construction of Beijing, we should pay attention to maintaining the style of the ancient capital. Speaking of this, Mr. Huo looked back out of the window: "Like the hutong that best embodies the culture of' old Beijing', it will never be there again when it is demolished." "Taking the Beijing Olympic Games as an opportunity to show and carry forward the traditional culture of the Chinese nation is a part of sports in China and closely related to the Olympic spirit. In this sense, the cultural value is far greater than the sports competition itself. Huo Zhenting said, "Just as the Athens Olympic Games left the deepest impression on the world, it was the unique culture of this ancient city that carried the opening ceremony of this culture, not the number of medals it won at this Olympic Games. "During the Doha Asian Games, when I met Huo Zhenting at the Qatar Diplomatic Club, it was the night when Huang Jinbao, a Hong Kong cyclist, won the championship. Huo Zhenting was very excited and talked a lot. The first golf tournament held in China: Mr. Huo Zhenting deeply felt that mainland compatriots regarded Po's gold medal as their own victory. " Bao played the national anthem of the people of China at the ceremony of winning the championship and receiving the prize, which was our victory. Huo Zhenting said, "There is no doubt that China won the most medals at the Doha Asian Games. So it is of little significance to emphasize medals now. More importantly, talk more about sportsmanship and athletes' commitment to society. "Huo Zhenting hopes that people can transcend the limitations of medal sports and look at sports with a broader mind:" The same is true for the Beijing Olympic Games. The sports hardware facilities must be first-class, and China will not lack gold medals. In this way, the participation of the society will make the impression left by Beijing and even China to guests from all over the world more critical. The most difficult thing is that during the Olympic Games, the world media will focus on the spirit of the people of Beijing and China in all directions. Like Mr. He, Mr. Huo Zhenting praised the Doha Asian Games, saying that "it artistically demonstrated the unique role played by Islamic civilization in the process of world civilization and spread this concept to hundreds of millions of families through the screen". He believes that the opening ceremony, like medals, has become the most important element of large-scale sports events, but he stressed that the theme of the opening ceremony is very important. " We should not simply pursue beautiful visual effects, but should embody profound cultural connotations like movies, so that when people leave the cinema, they will leave the audience with endless aftertaste, not the other way around. China's incomparably rich civilization and cultural resources have left rich space for China artists to express themselves. Huo Zhenting, Zhu, Zhu Fu, Personal Works 2008 Hongkong "Ma Zhao Run" 2008 Olympic Games. As one of the competition cities, Ma Zhao Run hosted equestrian events. Huo Zhenting believes that hosting equestrian events in Hong Kong has a great influence on Hong Kong in many fields: "On the one hand, we returned to 10, and we held equestrian events in Hong Kong, which strengthened Hong Kong people's sense of identity with the motherland. As we all know, Greece has enhanced its sports level and comprehensive national strength by hosting a successful Olympic Games. The most important thing is to provide an opportunity, especially to stimulate young people's love for the country. The same is true of Hong Kong. If we can successfully co-host this equestrian competition, it will certainly be of great help to sports, but the most important thing is to play a positive role in young people. Hosting the Olympic Games with the capital of the motherland is very important for Hong Kong people to identify with their country. "Huo Zhenting recalled that in 2005, Hong Kong was sure to co-host the 2008 Olympic Games, and took over the equestrian events that Hong Kong was best at when it won the best contract. Huo Zhenting can't forget the scene at that time. For the first time in the history of 150 years, Hong Kong can host the highest level sports competition. "